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...John Dewey proposes that art is important because it is, ultimately, all that survives of civilization, that it is civilization’s lasting contribution to the world. All that is left of Greece and Rome is their “glory” and “grandeur,” their literature and architecture. Dylan Thomas put art’s raison d’être lyrically when he wrote, “A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself...
...death penalty to become inescapably at odds with Catholic teaching, but not in like circumstance for abortion? For Scalia, it is the difference between two qualitatively different constitutional claims - a textual one (the death penalty being clearly anticipated by the Constitution) and a nontextual one (abortion). But under Rome's new direction to jurists to get busy correcting the law, that interpretative nicety won't cut it. The duty for Scalia and the other Catholic jurists turns on what faith requires, not what the text does or does not explicitly say. No more Pontius Pilate...
...Renzi is the Democratic Party's chance at change. Florence's mayoral election is in June and he is expected to easily win the left-leaning city. "If he becomes mayor of Florence, he becomes the hope," says one Rome-based opposition insider. "Then people start talking about the Italian Obama; start saying 'I've seen the future of Italian politics.'" (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama...
...profiled Italy's crippling generation gap ahead of the 2006 poll that pitted Romano Prodi against Berlusconi, two candidates then pushing 70. We caught up again last summer when Renzi was watching Barack Obama's unlikely story unfold and preparing to defy the party bosses in Florence and Rome with his bid for the mayoralty. "Everyone was telling me to stay put, that the smart move was to run for another term at the province," Renzi says. "I said 'no thank you. I'm running for mayor.'" One regional party boss in Tuscany even told him explicitly: "Respect the line...
...This weekend, in the wake of Veltroni's departure, Democratic leaders will gather in Rome to discuss the way ahead. The party has no real strategy to take on Berlusconi, and no real new ideas to fix Italy. Perhaps it's time to think the unthinkable and hope that Renzi cuts the line again...